White Flint Mall
Encyclopedia
White Flint Mall is an upscale shopping mall
along Rockville Pike
in Montgomery County
, Maryland
. It is known for its numerous restaurants, including P.F. Chang's China Bistro, The Cheesecake Factory
, Dave & Buster's
, and Bertucci's
.
, Lord & Taylor
, and I. Magnin
. Borders Books and Music took over the I. Magnin location in 1992; it closed in 2011. Recent upgrades to the mall have brought in H&M
, Banana Republic, and Pottery Barn
. The inside of the mall used to have distinct "neighborhoods" resembling city blocks and Italian thoroughfares, including the third level "Georgetown" office park, and the "Via Rialto" located underneath I. Magnin where restaurants now stand. The fountain under the escalators in the Via Rialto was removed after the closing of I. Magnin. The last two fountains, which were located in front of the Otis Inground Glass Hydraulic Elevators, were removed during a 2004 center court facelift.
Since 1984, the mall has been served by the White Flint
station on the Red Line
of the Washington Metro
.
In November 2011, Lerner Enterprises announced plans to deconstruct the 850,000 square foot mall and its large parking deck and replace it with a four office buildings, a 300-room hotel, 1 million square feet of retail and restaurant space, and 12 apartment buildings consisting of a total of 2,500 residences. The developers expected construction to begin two years following approval. The project would take approximately 25 years to be fully completed.
Shopping mall
A shopping mall, shopping centre, shopping arcade, shopping precinct or simply mall is one or more buildings forming a complex of shops representing merchandisers, with interconnecting walkways enabling visitors to easily walk from unit to unit, along with a parking area — a modern, indoor version...
along Rockville Pike
Maryland Route 355
Maryland Route 355 is a north–south road in western central Maryland in the United States. The southern terminus of the route is at the Washington, D.C. border in Friendship Heights, Montgomery County, where it continues south as Wisconsin Avenue into Washington. The northern terminus is...
in Montgomery County
Montgomery County, Maryland
Montgomery County is a county in the U.S. state of Maryland, situated just to the north of Washington, D.C., and southwest of the city of Baltimore. It is one of the most affluent counties in the United States, and has the highest percentage of residents over 25 years of age who hold post-graduate...
, Maryland
Maryland
Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...
. It is known for its numerous restaurants, including P.F. Chang's China Bistro, The Cheesecake Factory
The Cheesecake Factory
The Cheesecake Factory, Inc. is a restaurant company in the United States. The company operates 165 upscale, casual, full-service dining restaurants: 151 under The Cheesecake Factory mark, 13 under the Grand Lux Cafe mark and one under the RockSugar Pan Asian Kitchen mark...
, Dave & Buster's
Dave & Buster's
Dave & Buster's is an American restaurant and entertainment business headquartered in Dallas, Texas. Each D&B has a full-service restaurant and a video arcade. As of July 1, 2009, the company had 57 locations across the United States and two in Canada. The company also licenses the D&B concept...
, and Bertucci's
Bertucci's
Bertucci's is a Northborough, Massachusetts-based private company which runs a chain of sit-down Italian restaurants offering brick oven pizza and Italian food. It also offers delivery , take-out and private dining....
.
History
The mall opened in 1977 and was initially anchored by Bloomingdale'sBloomingdale's
Bloomingdale's is an American department store owned by Macy's, Inc. .Bloomingdale's started in 1861 when brothers Joseph and Lyman G. Bloomingdale started selling hoop-skirts in their Ladies Notions' Shop on Manhattan's Lower East Side...
, Lord & Taylor
Lord & Taylor
Lord & Taylor, colloquially known as L&T, or LT, based in New York City, is the oldest upscale, specialty-retail department store chain in the United States. Concentrated in the eastern U.S., the retailer operated independently for nearly a century prior to joining American Dry Goods...
, and I. Magnin
I. Magnin
I. Magnin & Company was a San Francisco, California-based high fashion and specialty goods luxury department store. Over the course of its existence, it expanded across the West into Southern California and the adjoining states of Arizona, Oregon, and Washington...
. Borders Books and Music took over the I. Magnin location in 1992; it closed in 2011. Recent upgrades to the mall have brought in H&M
H&M
H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB is a Swedish retail-clothing company, known for its fast-fashion clothing offerings for women, men, teenagers and children....
, Banana Republic, and Pottery Barn
Pottery Barn
Pottery Barn is an American-based home furnishing store chain with retail stores in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. Since September 1986, when it was purchased from GAP, Inc, Pottery Barn is a wholly owned subsidiary of Williams-Sonoma, Inc....
. The inside of the mall used to have distinct "neighborhoods" resembling city blocks and Italian thoroughfares, including the third level "Georgetown" office park, and the "Via Rialto" located underneath I. Magnin where restaurants now stand. The fountain under the escalators in the Via Rialto was removed after the closing of I. Magnin. The last two fountains, which were located in front of the Otis Inground Glass Hydraulic Elevators, were removed during a 2004 center court facelift.
Since 1984, the mall has been served by the White Flint
White Flint (Washington Metro)
White Flint is an island platformed Washington Metro station in North Bethesda, Maryland, United States. The station was opened on December 15, 1984, and is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority...
station on the Red Line
Red Line (Washington Metro)
The Red Line of the Washington Metro is a rail rapid transit service operating between 27 stations in Montgomery County, Maryland and the District of Columbia, United States. It is a primary line through downtown Washington, and the oldest and busiest line in the system...
of the Washington Metro
Washington Metro
The Washington Metro, commonly called Metro, and unofficially Metrorail, is the rapid transit system in Washington, D.C., United States, and its surrounding suburbs. It is administered by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority , which also operates Metrobus service under the Metro name...
.
In November 2011, Lerner Enterprises announced plans to deconstruct the 850,000 square foot mall and its large parking deck and replace it with a four office buildings, a 300-room hotel, 1 million square feet of retail and restaurant space, and 12 apartment buildings consisting of a total of 2,500 residences. The developers expected construction to begin two years following approval. The project would take approximately 25 years to be fully completed.